摘要：A manifesto is usually understood as a public declaration of the aims and values of an individual or group, and often signals a radical break from convention. In the case of Reality Hunger it is impossible to locate a cohesive set of intentions, or the what that Shields is attempting to break. Perhaps this is Shields’ intention, given his hostility toward genre, nevertheless it is a shame that the relationship between intertexts (in this case all forms of cultural expression including internet; movies; music; traditionally published literatures; television) and the perception of reality is compressed into a series of aphoristic quotes that far from speaking to, and enriching, each other, seem to be conducting separate conversations on vaguely related subjects. The effect on the reader, although not necessarily unpleasant, is disorientating – akin to standing in the centre of a large room and catching snatches of an interesting conversation, but never enough to gain a complete understandinging to
